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(Leonard) John French (1 March 1907 – 21 July 1966) was an English fashion and portrait photographer. Born in Edmonton, London, French originally trained and worked as a commercial artist, becoming a photographic director in an advertising studio just before World War II, during which he served as an officer in the Grenadier Guards.
10 de may. de 2014 · Fotografía de moda de los ’60: John French. Los años ’50 y los ’60 no serían lo mismo sin las fotografías de John French. Cada innovación –como los esféricos sombreros de Edward Mann o las prendas de Dior–, está plasmada en el catálogo de este artista inglés, quien colaboró con revistas como Vogue, Cosmopolitan y ...
3 de ene. de 2020 · Biography. (Leonard) John French (1 March 1907–21 July 1966) was an English fashion and portrait photographer. He was born in Edmonton, London in 1907. In 1926 he enrolled in Hornsea School of Art, which taught him the basics of photography.
20 de feb. de 2014 · Tras curtirse como asistente en el estudio de John French, en los años sesenta el fotógrafo ayudó a formar el concepto cultural Swinging London.
27 de ago. de 2021 · 27 August 2021. | In Photographers. | By Michael Diemar. The British fashion photographer John French (1907–1966) has over the years, it seems, been reduced to a mere footnote in the biographies of the two most famous photographers he trained as his assistants, David Bailey and Terence Donovan.
22 de jul. de 2016 · John French fue uno de los fotógrafos más legendarios de Londres de la década de los 50s y 60s. Fotografió a las modelos, actrices y artistas en general más emblemáticas de la época. Clase, elegancia y mucha belleza. Así es la obra en blanco y negro de del genial John French.
In 1948, French set up his own photographic studio. Working originally with the Daily Express, he pioneered a new form of fashion photography suited to reproduction in newsprint, involving where possible reflected natural light and low contrast. French also undertook portrait photography.
